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1. Impact of World War I in Europe 14 Topics Sample Chapter

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Impact of World War I

The Treaty of Versailles

Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Did the terms of the Treaty of Versailles meet the aims of the countries involved?

German Reactions to the Treaty of Versailles

Historians’ Interpretations of the Treaty of Versailles

Origins of the League of Nations

Aims of the League of Nations

Structure of the League of Nations

Peacekeeping Measures of the League of Nations

Was the League of Nations successful in handling territorial disputes in the 1920s?

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (I)

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (II)

Reasons for the Weakness of the League of Nations (III)

2. Stalin’s Soviet Union 12 Topics Sample Chapter

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Creation of the Soviet Union and Authoritarian Government

Rise of Stalin (Introduction)

Rise of Stalin (Non-Disclosure of Lenin’s Testament)

Rise of Stalin (Leon Trotsky)

Rise of Stalin (Stalin’s Manipulations)

Rise of Stalin (Conclusion)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Five-Year Plans)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Economic Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Political Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Social Impact)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Impact of Policies on Various Social Groups)

Stalin’s Dictatorship (Conclusion)

3. Hitler’s Germany 27 Topics Sample Chapter

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Introduction

Weaknesses of the Weimar Government

Hyperinflation

Impact of the Great Depression on Germany

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Nazi Ideology)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Charisma and Oratorical Skills)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Exploitation of the Fears of Communism)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Skilfulness at Making Deals with Politicians)

Hitler’s Leadership Abilities (Reorganising the Nazi Party)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Consolidation of power)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Reichstag Fire, 27 February 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Enabling Act, 23 March 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (One Party Rule, July 1933)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Night of the Long Knives, June 1934)

Political Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Creation of the Fuehrer position, August 1934)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Re-employment)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of Big Industrialists)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Control of Trade Unions)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Organising Workers’ Leisure Time)

Economic Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Militarisation)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Propaganda)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Censorship)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Rise of the Secret Police)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Persecution of Jews and Other Minority Groups)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Role of Women in Nazi Germany)

Social Impact of Hitler’s Ruling (Hitler Youth)

Summary

4. Outbreak WWII in Europe 13 Topics Sample Chapter

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Weaknesses of the League of Nations

Failure of Disarmament

1935 Abyssinian Crisis

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Introduction)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Withdrawal From League of Nations and Geneva Disarmament Conference)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Conscription and Rearmament)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Involvement In the Spanish Civil War)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (German Unification with Austria)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Czechoslovakia)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact)

Hitler’s Expansionist Policy (Invasion of Poland)

Reasons for the Policy of Appeasement

Examples of Appeasement

5. Germany’s Defeat in World War II 21 Topics

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The Entry of the US into the War

US Indirect Involvement (Cash and Carry’ to the Lend-Lease Act)

US Indirect Involvement (Arsenal of Democracy)

US Indirect Involvement (Fireside Chats and Aids)

US Formal Entry into WWII

US in WWII (Contribution of Vast Resources and Manpower)

US in WWII (Collaboration with Allies on Military Strategies)

US in WWII (Control of the Air)

US in WWII (Control of the Sea)

US in WWII (D-Day)

Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations (Introduction)

Germany’s Ineffective Command Structure

Germany’s Inappropriate Use of Resources and Military Funds

Germany’s Heavy Reliance on Petroleum

Germany’s War On Two Fronts

Germany’s Weaknesses and Miscalculations(Conclusion)

Allied Resistance (Reorganisation of the Soviet Union)

Allied Resistance (British Resistance to German Invasion)

Allied Resistance (Resistance Movements in Nazi-Occupied Countries)

Allied Resistance (Conclusion)

End of the War for Germany

6. Outbreak War in Asia Pacific 6 Topics

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Pre-WWII Japan

Internal Issues Forcing Japan to Expand

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (I)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (II)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (III)

External Issues Causing Japan to Expand (IV)

7. Japan’s Defeat 10 Topics

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Japanese Aggression in the Asia-Pacific After the US Declaration of War

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA I)

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA II)

Reasons for the Defeat of Japan (USA III)

Ineffective Defence of Overextended Japanese Empire

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (I)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (II)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (III)

Reasons for the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs (IV)

The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs

8. Reasons for the Cold War in Europe 21 Topics

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Ideological Conflict between the US and the Soviet Union

Continuing Distrust in a Necessary Alliance during World War II

Yalta Conference

Potsdam Conference

American Nuclear Monopoly

Post-World War II Years: Worsening Relations between the US and the Soviet Union

Destruction and Decline of the Major European Powers at the End of World War II

Superpower Rivalry and the United Nations

End of Wartime Alliance

Establishment of Soviet Satellite States in Eastern Europe

Kennan’s Long Telegram

Iron Curtain Speech

The Truman Doctrine

The Marshall Plan

Soviet Responses to US Containment Policy

Carving Out Political and Economic Spheres of Influence

Reasons for Superpower Confrontation in the Berlin Blockade

Events Leading Up to the Berlin Blockade

Formation of Military Alliances (NATO)

Formation of Military Alliances (Warsaw Pact)

Extension and International Impact of the Cold War in the 1950s and early 1960s

9. The Korean War 19 Topics

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Objectives

Background of the Korean War

Post-War Occupation of Korea: Partition of Korea

Formation of Two Koreas

Attempts to Achieve Unification by South and North Korean Leaders

Significance of Korea to the USSR and Communist Bloc

Impact of Developments in the Soviet Union & China on US Foreign Policy

Military and Strategic Imbalance Between North and South Korea

To What Extent Was the Korean War More of A Civil War Than A Proxy War?

Lead-Up to the Korean War (I)

Lead-Up to the Korean War (II)

Lead-Up to the Korean War (III)

Outbreak and the Development of the Korean War

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (I)

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (II)

Development From Civil War to Proxy War (III)

Armistice Talks

Expansion of the Cold War Beyond Europe

Intensified American Involvement in the Asia-Pacific

10. Cuban Missile Crisis 25 Topics

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Background to the Cuban Missile Crisis

Tensions Between the US and Cuba (I)

Tensions Between the US and Cuba (II)

Tensions Between the US and Cuba (III)

Tensions Between the US and Cuba (IV)

Escalating Tensions Due to American Retaliation Against Cuba

American Attempts to Remove Castro From Power

Cuba’s formal alliance with the Soviet Union Crisis

Why did the US and the Soviet Union go to the brink of nuclear war in 1962?

Soviet Installation of Missiles in Cuba

American discovery of the missile deployment

Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (I)

Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (II)

Escalation of Tensions During the Cuban Missile Crisis (III)

The Immediate Response of the Soviet Union and Cuba to the Blockade

Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (I)

Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (II)

Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (III)

Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (IV)

Road of the Resolution of the Crisis (V)

Factors Leading to the Resolution of the Crisis (I)

Factors Leading to the Resolution of the Crisis (II)

The Aftermath of the Crisis (I)

The Aftermath of the Crisis (II)

The Aftermath of the Crisis (III)

11. The End of Cold War 19 Topics

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Lesson Objectives

Conclusion

Reduction of Tensions Due to Détente

Stalling and Abandonment of Détente

Long Term Developments Contributing to the End of the Cold War

American Economic and Military superiority (I)

American Economic and Military superiority (II)

Structural Weaknesses of the Command Economy Compared to the Free Market Economy

Continued Lack of Consumer Goods and Low Quality of Life

External Economic Burdens of the Soviet Union

Increasing Resistance Within the Communist Bloc

Ascension of Gorbachev

Gorbachev’s Reforms (I)

Gorbachev’s Reforms (II)

Gorbachev’s Reforms (III)

End of Cold War (I)

End of Cold War (II)

End of Cold War (III)

End of Cold War (IV)

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